Snow-melter.



C. EBERSTALLER.

SNOW MELTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. ze, 191D.

Patented June 6, 1911.

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G. EBERSTALLER.

SNOW MELTER.

APPLICATION FILED PB ze, 1910.

Patented June 6, 1911.

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` To all whom it may concern:

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

CHRISTIAN EBEBSTALLER, 0F BOSBLLE, NEW JERSEY.

BNOW-MELTEB.

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Ennas'rALLEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Roselle, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow- Melters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

4The main ob`ect of this invention is to provide a dura le and eflicient apparatus, mounted on transporting wheels, b means of which snow may be melted an the resulting water run through a suitable hose connection to afsewer or other water outlet.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the apparatus as to prevent stones and other large substances clogging the water outlet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and eicient heating means and'to so locate said heating means that it will be protected and yet will be readily accesible for the purposes of repair or res newa A further object of the invention is `to so the apparatus in vertical transverse sectional view, said section being on the line IIe-II of Fig l; and Fig. 3 a plan view of the apparatus.

Referring to the various parts by nume als, 1 designates the main body of the cart which is supported on longitudinally extending Lbeams 2, the forward ends of said beams being bent upwardly and then horizontally to adapt them to be su ported upon the forward transporting whee s, these latter wheels bein carried by a suitable turning truck 3. T e main transporting Wheels 4. are connected by means of a drop axle 5 on the main horizontal portion of which the I- beams 2 rest, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The main outer receptacle or body of the cart consists of the sides 6, the bottom 7, the rear wall 8, a suitable front wall 9, and the inclined wall 10 near the forward end speoication of Letters Patent.

Appunti and April 2s, 1910. serial nu. 557,748.

. a transverse wall 14, this wal of the cart body. S main body of the cart 1s an inner supple- Patented June 6, 1911.

uspended within the mental snow and water receiving receptacle 11. This receptacle is open at its upper end and is suspended from the up er edge of the main body of the cart. It w' l, of course, be suitably supported and braced within the cart, as is manifest. This supplemental Water and snow receiving body is tapered from its upper to its lower end to form the spaces 12 between the sides thereof and the outer sides of the main body of the cart. The bottom 13 of the supplemental receptacle is dished or concave, as clearly shown in Fig 2 and is arranged a suitable 4distance above thev bottom of the main part of the cart. This bottom nclines from its rear end upwardl to the front wall of the cart as indicate clearly in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and said bottom terminates short of the rear wall of the main body of the cart, said rear end of the bottom bein supported by i resting on the bottom of the main body of the cart. By this means a Well or de ressed part 15 is provided' at the rear en of the cart into which the water resulting from melting the snow will run. Connected toA this Well is an outlet pipe 16, said ipe being provided with a sultable control ing valve 17. The side walls of the supplemental receptacle extend from the front Wall of the main body of the cart to the rear wall thereof, and beyond the vertical wall 14 they extend to the bottom of the cart, as indicated at 18 in Fig. 2, so that said side walls together with the wall 14 and the rear Wall of the main body of the cart form the Well 15. To remove from this well the dirt and mud which will accumulate therein, a sliding door 19 is provided in the. side-of the main body of the cart, a corresponding door being formed in the adjacent side wall 18 .of the well, so that by raising said doors, the accumulated sludge in the Well 15 may be removed.

In order to give access to the interior of the snow receiving receptacle, a door 2O is provided in the rear Wall of the cart, said door being held closed by suitable clamps 21.

This door is approximately on a level' with the rear end of the bottom. of the T snow receiving receptacle so that any suitable form of cleaning implement may be inserted through said door'for the purpose of cleaning said bottom 13.

To screenthe' material-iisl1oveledjiiitofthe Y, snow receiving lreceptacle,a perforated ro- I' tectin plate22 is secured withingsai4 re-v ceptac e, said screen', extendi from .the front wall tof thc rear'wallv of.t e main receptacleand from side tov side 'of the supplemental receptacle. This screen plate is convex on its upper surface and inclines downwardly from the front wall tothe rearwall ofthe cart.v The apertures in the said screen plate are of considerable size as it is only desired to kee large' stones, sticks and other substances om accumulating on the bottom ofthe su plemental receptacle and the well`15. As t e cart is` open at the top this plate vma be readily cleaned and the material held y it readily removed.

. Supported in any convenient position on the cart, preferably near the drivers seat being preferably desi 23, are a pair'of fuel tanks 24, the said tanks ed to hold' kerosene,

l Aand each beingv rovi ed with a'snitable outlet pipe 25.

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connected to a horizontal urner supply P1 Pa V within the main body of the cart. Each of ly for the burners.4

these burner supply ipes is lconnected tc a series of burners 2 suitable, valves 28- being rovided to control the sup ly of fuel to saidvburners. As shown'clear yin Figs. 2 and 3, these burners lare arranged close to the -bottom` 13 of the supplemental rece tacle- In the side walls ofthe main bo y of the cart, and adjoining each vburneris a suitable opening 29v giving access to the valves 28and formin an air inlet or supo. giveaccess to the urner'coi'npart-ment formed" by the bottom of the, su plemental receptacle' and side walls and ottom ofthemain body of the vcart, a door 30 is.A secured to theincl'ined wall 10 and is arrangedv to cover a large i .openingtherein. Throug'h` this opening a workmanmay have-accessftojthe burner for the purpose of repairv erfremoval, orto dof such lother .'"work as vcannot donethough {of eitheljV running the water resul y the melting snow into a sewer or other outmay be connected thereto in Vorder t'oadapt4 the apparatus for use as afroad sprinkler. From the foregoin it is manifest that I brackets 31.-V YThe outlet pipe 1 6fxis thre'ade may be connected thereto fforl the-f'pugose ting let; or a suitable road sprinkling device provide a very simp e and eicient a paratus capable of withstanding Athe ard usage to which' an apparatus of this vkind must necessarily be subjected.' Itis also.l

manifest that I provide an apparatus which may be used not only for melting snow but as a road sprinkler. It-is ,also'to be noted i wie hese Aoutlet4 'ndpes 'are each 26 arranged along the bottom of and,

extension 'formingaj ose or` otherpipe,

cptll'clve'fwit 1D the reeptaclespgm are provided around said-snow receivingv receptacle to retainl the heatxrom j @ie burners; `theieb rendering"the-apparatus: very main body of the cart forms an outer rotecting and heat retaining casing w ich practically surrounds th e. entire snow v receiving receptacle. Thiais very ap aratus. Y l

aving vthus described -my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti- 1. A snow melting apparatus comprising an outer main body orrece tacle, an inner snow receivingreceptacle o suiliciently less cross sectional area and less depth to provide lateral space and space below the bottom of 'andadds greatly to the etlciency of the said snow receiving receptacle, said inner receptacle having a depending extension forming a well below the plane of the bottom of said iimer receptacle, at its rear end and means for heatmgthe bottom of sai -inner receptacle; s

' 2. A snow meltingv apparatus comprising an outer main body or rece tacle, an innerv snow receivin receptacle o sufficiently less cross sectiona area and less depth to rovide lateral space and spacebelow'the ttom of said `snow receiving rece tacle, said inner receptacle having sion forming a well be ow7 vthe plane of the `bottomof said inner receptacle, at its rear end, a foraminous coverin plate arran d within saidv inner rece tac e vand extending from the forward endp end of said outer or main body or receptacle, and means for heating the bottom of said inner receptacle., 1

3. A snow melting apparatus including an outer main -body orb-recefptacle, an inner snow receivin .recept suiicientlyless .cross sectiona jan j lffdepthq-to ro.-

' ace below the t' said inner rerear `end vin an 'inner receptag` plate with -`said plate ceptacle. terminating said inner:receptacle` rear end'of said outery receptacle, i and means for heating the Ybottom ofsaid inner receptacle.-

4. .A snow melting apparatus comprising a main cart body, a snowfreceivng receptacle having the bottomnclined from the front to the rear end of the receptacle, aprotecting'screen' late .located over -said vbottom, a depresse well at the rear end of said bottom formed by a short vertical wall and extended side walls of thereceptacle, a valve controlled water outlet from said well, a

heating means, acleaiiout door in the rear.

a depen ing exten- Y thereof to the rear nner end of wall of the receptacle to give access to the bottom of the said receptacle, and a cleanout door in the well.

5. A snow melting apparatus comprising a main v.outer receptacle or body, an inner snow receivin receptacle smaller than the outer receptac e, a screen protecting plate in the inner receptacle above the bottom thereof, a heating means carried by the main re ceptacle below the inner receptacle, and transporting wheels, a clean-out door giving access to the interior of the inner receptacle between the bottom thereof and the screen plate.

6. A snow melting apparatus comprising a main outer receptacle, an inner receptacle smaller than the outer receptacle and forming a depressed well at the rear of said inner receptacle, a heating means in the space between the two receptacles suitable air supply openings being formed in the main rece tacle, and a door in the wall of the main outer receptacle giving access to the burner containing space.

This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of April A. D. 1910.

CHRISTIAN EBERSTALLER.

Witnesses W. A. TOWNER, Jr., L. I. MAYER. 

